On: Rackspace Buys Server Management Platform Cloudkick (YC W09)

[m0shen]

There is also the value of Cloudkick's existing customer base.

[dhimes → m0shen]

And Cloudkick's existing engineering team, who know the problem domain as well as anybody at this very moment.

[okaramian → dhimes]

There is also the 2 years of opportunity cost of building out that infrastructure, in which case the acquired company will probably be ahead technically, acquired by another competitor, and/or have acquired an even larger customer base.